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Hi everyone, it’s Amy and Remy from ELSA here. We’re excited to share a little adventure we had with you. Recently we visited a little island off the coast of Perth, WA, called Rottnest Island. This island is famous for the furry little animals who live there, called quokkas. Remy and I were in Perth-> Continue reading Amy and Remy meet quokkas on Rottnest Island

Dates: Tuesday 4 June and Wednesday 5 June Venue: Pullman Cairns International The second round of the 2019 ELSA Pilot educator workshops was held in Cairns in June. And what a lot of fun we all had! This time around, the ELSA team decided to host one big workshop in a single location rather-> Continue reading Cairns 2019 educator workshop

The ELSA team were very excited to welcome primary school students from St Kevin’s College to our offices on Wednesday 22 May. Professor Tom Lowrie talked to the children about STEM Practices and some of the work we are doing with ELSA in early learning centres. Following on from Tom, ELSA Project Manager Matt Bacon-> Continue reading St Kevin’s students visit ELSA

ELSA academic and 2018 Australian University Teacher of the Year, Dr Kevin Larkin, can now add ‘cover star’ to his list of accomplishments. Kevin was recently interviewed by Campus Review—Australia’s leading independent tertiary education publication and website—about his teaching career and recent awards. In the article, Kevin discusses his pedagogical work on ELSA, which has-> Continue reading Cover star: Dr Kevin Larkin from ELSA

The list of 2019 ELSA Pilot preschool services has just been announced! More than 100 preschool services from across Australia have joined the pilot, with centres from NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT and ACT. See the full list of 2019 ELSA Pilot preschool services. Pilot centres have already started the program with off-app-> Continue reading Announcement: list of 2019 ELSA preschool services

The first round of the 2019 ELSA Pilot educator workshops was a great success! Thank you to all the educators who travelled from across Australia to participate in the special two-day events. We were very excited to welcome over 100 educators to our workshops – from NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, ACT, TAS and NT.-> Continue reading 2019 ELSA educator workshops

The ELSA team was privileged (and just a little bit excited!) to welcome two world-leading academics in cognitive psychology to our office this week. Professor David Uttal from Northwestern University (USA) and Professor Lynn Liben from Penn State University (USA) are experts in many fields, including spatial reasoning and cognitive and social development. David and-> Continue reading World-leading academics visit ELSA

The Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) Pilot has been officially extended for 2019 by the Australian Government’s Department of Education and Training. The success of the 2018 pilot among early learning educators and families led to its continuation in 2019. The 2019 ELSA Pilot will see more than 100 preschool services from across Australia take-> Continue reading ELSA Pilot officially extended for 2019!

Find out what ELSA Pilot educators had to say about their experiences implementing the program. Louise Brennan from Livingston Kindergarten and Angela Lau from Minifie Park Early Childhood Centre talk about the highlights of ELSA, how it links to the EYLF and what has surprised them most about the program.

The ELSA characters – Remy, Amy, Elliot and Piper – lead children through activities on the four apps. So children in all ELSA Pilot centres are familiar with these characters and their interests. As a thank you to our 100 pilot centres, ELSA had a set of these plushies (or ‘budsies’ as these are called)-> Continue reading ELSA character plushies (‘budsies’)

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